Greta Van Susteren leaves Fox News

The host of the network's "On the Record" since 2002 will be replaced by Brit Hume, Fox announced Tuesday.

"Yes, I have left the Fox News Channel," Van Susteren wrote on Facebook Tuesday. "On Thursday night, I made my decision and informed Fox News of my decision that I was leaving Fox News Channel per my contract. Fox has not felt like home to me for a few years and I took advantage of the clause in my contract which allows me to leave now."

She said the clause "had a time limitation, meaning I could not wait," she wrote. "I love my staff, I love my colleagues, and I love the crews. That is the hardest part of this decision as they are wonderful people. And most of all? I love the viewers -- even the ones who have gotten mad at me over the years and taken swipes."

In a June 19, 2013 file photo, Greta Van Susteren of Fox News appears at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

C'mon. Who would "swipe" at anyone on Fox News?

The broadcaster's departure comes the same day Fox's parent company, Twenty-First Century Fox, announced it was paying former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson $20 million to settle her sex harassment suit against former Fox News boss Roger Ailes.

Coincidence? Hmm.

In a statement, the network said Van Susteren's decision "had nothing to do with the settlement today," according to USA Today.

A source told the newspaper Van Susteren's decision was about a financial disagreement.

Fox hired Van Susteren in 2002 after spent more than a decade at CNN, where she earned fame as a legal analyst of the O.J. Simpson trial. She later co-hosted "Burden of Proof" with Roger Cossack and her own show "The Point."

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Van Susteren said on Facebook "I hope to continue my career in broadcasting." In July, she reportedly told the Daily Beast if she ever left broadcasting, she might explore re-entering the legal world, or teaching at Georgetown University, where she earned two law degrees.

Hume wrote on Twitter he was "sorry to see Greta go. I count her as a friend ... I hope I won't drive her audience off."

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